Comments on: America https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/ Custom Maps for Sid Meier's Railroads! Tue, 22 Aug 2023 04:03:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 By: Mike https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-444623 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 04:03:41 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-444623 Can anyone else download this? The link won’t go.
If someone still has a copy of this map, can they reload it to the website?

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By: Josie Taylor https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-436898 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:19:20 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-436898 Brilliant map, thank you so much.

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By: snoopy55 https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-28518 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:51:50 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-28518 Read this post: http://smrsimple.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=2832

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By: John https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-28407 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:12:41 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-28407 I own the steam version of Sid Meier’s Railroads, and was wondering how and where to download these maps to the game. I am new to this type of stuff, so please help if you can. Thanks

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By: Galacticruler https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-3347 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 05:29:07 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-3347 Even with the 3Gb enabler this map is crashopolis.

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By: Maehlice https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-3185 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:35:24 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-3185 I decided to pick up SMR again and am so glad I did. I had no idea all these custom maps existed and am happy now to play them. I’m amused I found “new life” in a game that will see its 7-year anniversary this month. (They really should make another one.)

Anyhow, this this is definitely one of my favourites so far. My only criticism is that it seems to be too easy — especially without any AI opponents. Maybe I’m just lucky with the resource rolls. The only difficulty is building up the Villages for Passenger transport, but even that can be solved with time (about 38 years) if no resources are nearby to send it.

With sufficient planning around a “mainline”, getting goods shipped around the country is pretty simple. At one point, I had my one Gold Ore mine in Mexico shipping ore via the mainline all the way to Montreal to build it up. Later, my smelter in Mexico City was shipping Gold around the country.

This map has excellent replay value and is worth revisiting. Excellent job!

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By: Karsten https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-2979 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:46:09 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-2979 You are not the only one frustrated by the dodgy nature of the speed objective. I avoid it in my maps.
Other mapmakers have argued however, that high-speed trains in reality do get their own purpose-built, high-performance straight lines, so that this feature is OK as a challenge.
So if one finds the speed condition in map objectives, it is best to plan ahead and leave open the space needed for constructing the dead straight line later, to avoid having to dismantle tons of stuff in the sluggish end phase of the game. Easier said than done, I know. 🙂

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By: Brian Preece https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-2978 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:56:23 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-2978 I enjoyed this map as well. However, I think it is impossible to achieve all of the objectives unless you are dealt more than one iron ore mine, since so many objectives involve steel. The biggest challenge is building up various towns until they are big enough to generate passengers or get the empty lots you need. I think there is something odd about the speed calculation between Washington and New York, because the objective didn’t trigger even when I had an average speed of 69mph and like other players, I had to demolish a lot of stuff on the Eastern seaboard and build an absolutely straight line between Washington and New York starting as far apart as possible. Otherwise a great map

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By: escher83 https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-2877 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:09:47 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-2877 This is one of the best maps I have played with SMR! I had no issues playing using the 3G enabler.
Thanks so much for making this great map 🙂

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By: john gaydon https://smrsimple.com/2009/06/america/#comment-2839 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:43:26 +0000 http://www.smrsimple.com/?p=474#comment-2839 I love this scenario. In an attempt to get it going properly, I eventually installed Windows 8 64 bit, and an updated run file which uses less memory. Now I can play all the way with no crashes! Before it was impossible.

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